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Devin Ratray is a Actor American born on 11 january 1977 at New York City (USA)

Devin Ratray

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Nationality USA
Birth 11 january 1977 (47 years) at New York City (USA)

Devin D. Ratray (born January 11, 1977) is an American actor, singer and songwriter.

He is most famous for his role as Buzz McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, but has achieved more recent fame in such films as Nebraska and Blue Ruin.

Biography

Ratray was born in New York City, the son of Ann Willis and Peter Ratray. He started acting at the age of nine years in the movie Where are the Children? (1986). He starred as a youth in various other programmes and movies until his acting pinnacle in 1990 as Buzz McCallister, the mean older brother of Macaulay Culkin's character Kevin in Home Alone. This role was continued in 1992 in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, where the McCallister family journeys from Miami back to New York City to find their troublesome youngest member.

Ratray landed minor roles in Little Monsters (as Ronnie Coleman, the bully), Dennis the Menace (as Mickey, the boyfriend of one of Dennis's babysitters) and an episode as Martin in The Enforcers (1996). Another film role was The Prince and Me as the computer-obsessed room-mate of "Eddy," the royal Prince of Denmark. He was a regular improv actor on MTV's Damage Control, notably as a director of an erotic film called Crazy Motor Hos, in which he was dressed as a naval captain. Ratray appeared in the September 29, 2006 episode of Law & Order, "Avatar", as the mentally ill murderer Richard Elam. He later portrayed an antagonist in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He was a lisping doctor in the movie Slippery Slope (2006). He performed as Jimmy Link in Serial (2007). Ratray appeared in the 2009 film Surrogates as Bobby Saunders. Variety said "Ratray gets good mileage out of his role as a computer whiz too proud of his corpulent geekiness to consider a more glamorous substitute." In 2009, he was also a guest star on the fifth season of Supernatural in the episode "The Real Ghost Busters".

In late 2007, a documentary film crew followed Ratray's attempts to win the heart of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He used 'love disks' -- love letters set to music and images—to serenade her, and traveled from New York, to Alabama, Denver, Palo Alto and Washington DC to court her. The resulting film, Courting Condi, was due for international release in fall 2008.

Ratray has appeared as a contestant on the game show Cash Cab, and subsequently lost.

In 2010, Ratray played a mutual funds manager trapped in a Wall Street elevator with eight strangers, in the suspense thriller Elevator. The feature is expected to be released in 2012.

Ratray is part of a band he formed himself called Little Bill and the Beckleys in which he performs as the band's lyricist, vocalist and electric guitarist. The band has performed live on a number of occasions in New York (where the group initially formed). He is an alum (1994) of New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School.

Best films

Nebraska (2013)
(Actor)

Usually with

John Hughes
John Hughes
(3 films)
Rick Hart
Rick Hart
(3 films)
Jayce Bartok
Jayce Bartok
(1 films)
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Filmography of Devin Ratray (22 films)

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Actor

Hustlers
Hustlers (2019)
, 1h50
Directed by Lorene Scafaria
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Escroquerie, Striptease
Actors Constance Tianming Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Mercedes Ruehl
Roles Stephen
Rating63% 3.152543.152543.152543.152543.15254
En 2014, Dorothy, une strip-teaseuse de New York, est invitée par la journaliste Elizabeth, qui travaille sur un article qui raconte les activités de Destiny et son ancienne mentor, Ramona Vega.
Rough Night, 1h41
Directed by Lucia Aniello
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Scarlett Johansson, Zoë Naelle Kravitz, Kate McKinnon, Ilana Glazer, Jillian Bell, Demi Moore
Roles Bud
Rating52% 2.608312.608312.608312.608312.60831
Un strip-teaser trouve la mort par accident durant un enterrement de vie de jeune fille, organisé par cinq meilleures amies, à Miami...
Masterminds, 1h34
Directed by Jared Hess
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jim Carrey, Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Roles Runny
Rating57% 2.899242.899242.899242.899242.89924
David Ghantt, un banal convoyeur de fonds, se trouve embarqué dans l'un des plus gros hold-up de l'histoire des États-Unis. Le problème, c'est qu'il se fait doubler par ses complices, qui disparaissent avec le butin en lui mettant tout sur le dos. En cavale, traqué par les autorités et pourchassé par un drole de tueur à gages, David va tout tenter pour reprendre l'avantage et doubler à son tour ceux en qui il avait le plus confiance...
Blue Ruin
Blue Ruin (2014)
, 1h30
Directed by Jeremy Saulnier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Devin Ratray, Eve Plumb, Macon Blair, Amy Hargreaves
Roles Ben Gaffney
Rating70% 3.5473053.5473053.5473053.5473053.547305
Dwight Evans, a beach vagrant, lives out of his car and scavenges for food and money. A policewoman tells him that Wade Cleland, the man who murdered Dwight's parents, is to be released from prison. Dwight returns to his hometown in Virginia and watches the Clelands collect Wade from prison. Despite failing to steal a gun, Dwight follows Wade to a club restroom and, after a fight, fatally stabs him. Realizing he left his car keys in the club, Dwight steals the Clelands' limousine; as he drives away, he discovers a teenage boy, William Cleland, in the back and lets him go.
Side Effects, 1h46
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum, David Costabile, Vinessa Shaw
Roles Banks Patient #3
Rating70% 3.5462453.5462453.5462453.5462453.546245
Emily Taylor's (Rooney Mara) husband Martin (Channing Tatum) is released after serving a four-year prison sentence for insider trading. Shortly afterward, Emily drives her car into a concrete wall in an apparent suicide attempt. Jonathan Banks (Jude Law), her assigned psychiatrist, fears for her safety but agrees to her release from the hospital as long as she attends sessions with him on a regular basis.
Nebraska
Nebraska (2013)
, 1h54
Directed by Alexander Payne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Bob Odenkirk, Will Forte, Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, June Squibb, Devin Ratray
Roles Cole
Rating76% 3.8478653.8478653.8478653.8478653.847865
In Billings, Montana, Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) is found walking in traffic and stopped by a police officer. He is picked up by his son, David (Will Forte), who learns that Woody wants to go to Lincoln, Nebraska to collect a $1 million sweepstakes prize he has won. When David sees the sweepstakes letter, he realizes that it is a mail scam to make a person purchase magazine subscriptions. He returns Woody to his home, where David's mother Kate (June Squibb) becomes annoyed by Woody insisting on collecting his money. After Woody is picked up again, David and his brother Ross (Bob Odenkirk), a local news anchor, discuss putting Woody in a retirement home. David is paid a visit by his ex-girlfriend Noel (Missy Doty), who is returning his things, refusing to move back in. Their conversation is cut short by a call from David's mother reporting that his father has left yet again. David retrieves Woody and decides to drive him to Lincoln, much to Kate's dismay.
R.I.P.D.
R.I.P.D. (2013)
, 1h36
Directed by Robert Schwentke
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Crime
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Superhero films
Actors Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker, Robert Knepper, Marisa Miller
Roles Pulaski
Rating56% 2.8029952.8029952.8029952.8029952.802995
Boston Police Department officers Detective Sergeant Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds) and Detective Lieutenant Bobby Hayes (Kevin Bacon) discover and steal several shards of gold while on duty. Nick buries his share under an orange tree sapling in his garden; his wife, Julia (Stephanie Szostak), thinks that the tree is a surprise gift and mentions how content she is with their life together. Nick realizes that they do not need the gold, and decides to submit it as evidence. During a subsequent raid, Hayes, dissatisfied with Nick's stroke of conscience, kills him.
Elevator
Elevator (2013)
, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Transport films
Actors Anita Briem, Christopher Backus, John Getz, Shirley Knight, Rachel and Amanda Pace, Devin Ratray
Roles Martin Gossling
Rating52% 2.6491352.6491352.6491352.6491352.649135
Nine people aboard an elevator in a New York City skyscraper 52 stories tall: security guard Mohammed (Waleed Zuaiter), sexy television reporter Maureen (Tehmina Sunny) and her bossy fiance Don (Christopher Backus), racist comedian George (Joey Slotnick), alcoholic newly widowed Jane (Shirley Knight), overweight employee Martin (Devin Ratray), pregnant Celine (Anita Briem), and the building owner Henry Barton (John Getz) with his spoiled ten-year-old granddaughter Madeline (Rachel and Amanda Pace), are on their way to a company party on the top floor.
True Bromance, 1h36
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Devin Ratray, Adrian Grenier, Jim Norton
Rating59% 2.9628152.9628152.9628152.9628152.962815
Devin Ratray is a musician and besotted admirer of Condoleezza Rice. Devin travels across America with his "bro Sebastian, who is making a documentary about his quest. Devin seeks to learn more about Rice from those who knew her, as a means of winning her hand in marriage. In New York, he receives counsel from his "Best Bro", cult comedian Jim Norton. In Birmingham, Alabama, he speaks to Rice's childhood friends and visits the hospital where she was born. In Denver, Colorado, he meets some of her former teachers, and the one man to whom Rice has been engaged, Rick Upchurch. Upchurch tells Devin that Rice made an oath to God not to have sex before she got married, and deduces that her continued single status, and her enduring Christianity, confirm that she is still a virgin. In Los Angeles, he is given courtship advice by Adrian Grenier, and presented with a power ballad to send to Condi from Oscar nominated songwriter Carol Connors. When he arrives in Washington, D.C., he is assisted by Republican strategist Frank Luntz.
Surrogates
Surrogates (2009)
, 1h25
Directed by Jonathan Mostow
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Clonage, Films about computing, Films set in the future, Dystopian films, Robot films
Actors Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, Jack Noseworthy, James Cromwell
Roles Bobby Saunders
Rating62% 3.1484153.1484153.1484153.1484153.148415
Dans une société futuriste, le commerce des « clones » (traduit de l'anglais surrogates : un robot de substitution) est en plein développement. L'énorme majorité de la population pilote une version robotisée d'elle-même, actionnée mentalement. Pour éviter de se montrer en public, ces personnes se servent de leur « clone » pour tout faire à leur place : elles sont ainsi en grande partie immunisées contre les désagréments de la vie. Il existe pourtant des réserves, dirigées par un homme nommé « Le Prophète », où habitent des humains qui refusent d'utiliser cette technologie (Les Réfractaires).
Breaking Point, 1h37
Directed by Jeff Celentano
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Tom Berenger, Armand Assante, Busta Rhymes, Sticky Fingaz, Musetta Vander, Frankie Faison
Roles Kevin
Rating48% 2.4136352.4136352.4136352.4136352.413635
Steven Luisi, ex avocat de la défense de criminels tente de reprendre son métier après avoir lutté contre son addiction à la drogue et après avoir souffert d'une tragédie familiale.
The Winning Season
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Sam Rockwell, Shareeka Epps, Emily Rios, Rooney Mara, Emma Roberts, Margo Martindale
Roles Security Guard
Rating65% 3.297533.297533.297533.297533.29753
Bill (Sam Rockwell), a divorced deadbeat dad, is estranged from his teenage daughter Molly (Shana Dowdeswell). His friend Terry (Rob Corddry) is a high school principal who gives him a job as the coach for the girls' varsity basketball team. Bill begins to regret his decision when he meets the girls on the team: Abbie (Emma Roberts), Tamra (Meaghan Witri), Mindy (Melanie Hinkle), Wendy (Rooney Mara), Lisa (Shareeka Epps), and Kathy (Emily Rios). They improve under Bill's coaching and advise him on his relationship with his daughter, but their winning season does not protect the girls from their real world difficulties.
Courting Condi, 1h47
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Musical, Romance
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Musical films, Political films
Actors Devin Ratray, Adrian Grenier, Jim Norton
Roles Self
Rating74% 3.722393.722393.722393.722393.72239
Devin Ratray is a musician and besotted admirer of Condoleezza Rice, 'Condi,' who travels across America, learning more about Rice from those who knew her. He speaks to her childhood friends in Birmingham, Alabama. In Denver, Colorado, he performs at Red Rocks, where he meets some of her former teachers, and the one man to whom Rice has been engaged, Rick Upchurch. Upchurch tells Devin that Rice made an oath to God not to have sex before she got married, and deduces that her continued single status and her enduring Christianity confirm that she is still a virgin. Ratray follows Rice's rise to Provost of Stanford University, where he discovers that, while in that position, she departed from the practice of applying affirmative action to tenure. In Los Angeles, he is given courtship advice by Adrian Grenier and cult comedian Jim Norton and is presented with a power ballad to send to Condi from Oscar nominated songwriter Carol Connors. When he arrives in Washington DC, he is assisted by Republican strategist Frank Luntz and is counseled by Newsweek editor Eleanor Clift.
The Cake Eaters, 1h26
Directed by Mary Stuart Masterson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Jayce Bartok, Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley, Melissa Leo
Roles JJ
Rating62% 3.1440953.1440953.1440953.1440953.144095
The Cake Eaters is a small-town, ensemble drama that explores the lives of two interconnected families coming to terms with love in the face of loss. Living in rural America, the Kimbrough family are a conflicted bunch: Easy, the patriarch and local butcher, is grieving over the recent loss of his wife, Ceci, while hiding a secret ongoing affair for years; Beagle, his youngest son who was left to care for his ailing mother, works in the local high school cafeteria by day but has a burning passion inside that manifests itself through painting street signs; and the eldest son, Guy, has been away from the family for years while pursuing his rock star dream in the big city until the day he learns of his mother's death and that he has missed the funeral.